ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey held a solemn funeral ceremony on Friday for 20 military personnel who were killed in a plane crash in Georgia.

The C-130 military cargo was flying from Ganja, Azerbaijan, to Turkey when it crashed in Georgia’s Sighnaghi municipality, close to the Azerbaijani border, on Tuesday. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

The victims included crew members and military personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of Turkish F-16 jets that had flown to Azerbaijan to participate in that country’s Victory Day celebrations. The event marked Azerbaijan’s 2020 military success over Armenia for control of the Karabakh region, known internationally as Nagorno-Karabakh, a conflict that had lasted nearly four decades.

Families, officials and fellow soldiers

See Full Page